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Whittingehame Club
September 20th, 2018
Jacob Israelachvili
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Dear all,
Many of you knew Jacob Israelachvili.
Very sadly, he passed away yesterday at his home in Santa Barbara.
Yours,
Jacob Klein
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A superb sportsman and one hell of a nice
guy - "I will remember".
Mo
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A prominent physicist, chemical engineer,
material scientist and inventor, Jacob Israelachvili was a research
professor emeritus at UC Santa Barbara, where he had taught since
1986. (Israelachvili Family photo)
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It's so sad when this happens, May Jacob Israelachvili. Rest
in peace. We should enjoy every day. Haim Klein |
A brilliant scientist and greatly admired.
With much admiration for the achievements he was so proud of,
Louis Mandel |
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May he Rest In Peace. Elie Romano |
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I must admit that
I have not seen Jacob since we left school. Our paths did
not cross unfortunately but my school memories of Jacob are
very vivid.
Whittingehame College
was indeed a very special school and all of us have many
anecdotes and stories to tell, but there are some that mark
you more than others and it is true of our school peers and
friends. Jacob was one of the classmates that you
would not be indifferent to. A very bright fellow and he
would do all he could to be first in all sciences .He was a
keen boxer and sportsman. He was also a comic, a good
laugh. I remember him too well in the First
President play 1962 , where he played Chaim Weizmann.....was
that already predestined ; that he would one day be as a
great a scientist as the character he was playing? It
is a great loss , a school friend and classmate.
To his wife, family, and sister Etty ,
I wish to extend my most sincere condolences and wish them
courage as they endure the grief of such a great loss.
From one whitnik to another
Yehi Zikhram Baruch
David Azagury
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Jacob (left) in the 1962 school play
"The First President" |
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Jacob Israelachvili 1944-2018
I wonder how many old boys remember that Jacob Israelachvili was in
Balfour House.
In 1957 Jacob was in the Middle School and I was in the 6th
Form. As a House we were at the very bottom of the league at
sports and for the Festival I realised we had to do something.
To win as many points as possible I decided I had to have someone to
work with to enter the creative and written competitions, before the
on stage performances started. I chose Jacob for this.
We divided all the competitions we thought we could enter between us
and set to work.
Jacob was easy to work with. Always smiling, he didn’t argue
back and he was willing and co-operative. He would simply go
away and a few days later return with what he had produced. I
remember he did the Geometrical Drawing whatever this means. I
did the crazy things like art appreciation and poetry writing.
At meal times, before the Festival began the other School Houses
were always announcing Choir rehearsals. Of course we were
doing nothing so I set up three emergency last minute rehearsals in
the Cadet Hut. All I said to the lucky choir victims was “it
does not matter how you sing or what you sing. Just belt it
out as loud as you can; throw your voices to the back of the Hall
and be enthusiastic.” We won the Choir competition.
The choirs sang towards the end of the Festival when the House
scores were mounting up and the end of the Festival was just in
sight. When we won the Choir competition Balfour House went
wild. The mood was electric. It was an exhilarating and
uplifting moment.
And we won the Festival.
I did not realise it then but not everyone is like you Jacob.
Thank you for everything you did.
Leslie Brown (1947-1958)
Whittingehame College 1957 Festival results
Geometrical Drawing 1st Prize
Jacob Israelachvili
Lyric Verse
2nd Prize
Jacob Israelachvili
Satirical Verse
2nd Prize
Jacob Israelachvili
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August 1st, 2018
Whittingehame
2019 Reunion
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The dates of the reunion are
from Friday to Sunday,
June 28/29/30 2019
The venue is the
Hilton Metropole Brighton Hotel
We are planning to have a fun filled 3 day event starting Friday
night, June 28th and ending late afternoon on Sunday June 30th.
Program details have not yet been finalized and will depend on the
number of participants. Details will be posted here and
forwarded to you by email early next year. We recommend
arrival Friday afternoon and departure either Sunday evening or
Monday morning.
Special rates have been secured from the hotel for our
stay. Rates for room & breakfast start at UK £121 + tax (20%)
for a single occupancy and £121 + tax (20%) for double
occupancy. The number of rooms at these rates are limited, so
the sooner you book the better. Please not that this time of
year is high season for Brighton weekends and we may have problems
securing additional rooms at the last moment.
Here is your link for room reservation with
our special rates.
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book your stay now for the Whittingehame club |
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27
Jun 2019 -
01 Jul 2019
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Hilton
Brighton
Metropole
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Kings
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Brighton,
BN1 2FU,
United
Kingdom
tel:
+44-1273-775-432
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Please note that this rate can be
cancelled free of charge until 28
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27 Jun
2019 - 01 Jul 2019
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Download the
app, earn
points,
choose your
room and
customise
your stay.
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Visit
explore.hilton.com
and get
inspired.
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Please note:
We probably have old unused email addresses of many Whitniks.
Please help us get to everyone by calling your friends to find out
if they have received an email of this announcement. If not,
click Contact Us on the left and forward their email to us. We
will then forward a copy of this announcement to them.
See you soon in Brighton
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June 30th, 2018
Zigi Gonczarowski
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Zigi's sudden passing was
very sad news. You could always count on meeting him at the
reunions with a joyful greeting. He will be missed.
Louis Mandel |
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A good
friend, smart, generous, well educated and knowledgeable in
countless fields. You could strike up a conversation with him on
almost any subject and he would surprise you with his profound
knowledge.
He was a great father and an
even greater granddad - he loved to talk about the fun he had with
his grandchildren.
I could go on
and on, but you’d probably think I am exaggerating.
Leo Gitbud |
Zigi and I were best of friends. Not only was he my best friend ,he
and his wife Nira were best friends of my wife Nurit and I. Over the
years, we have shared such wonderful memories all over the world.
In fact, we were like family.
Zigi was also a leader in our Israeli group of friends, which
includes many Whittingamians. We had regular Wednesday evening
outings with the boys ,as well as Friday sailings on Zigi’s boat.
Not only was Zigi super smart, intelligent and a great business man,
he was also a perfect gentlemen and a mensch! He was also known
for his conspiracy theories which nobody could prove... With
all those qualities, he was such a humble person!
His first priority was always his family and then his many friends,
who all share the utmost respect for him. Among his many
virtues, I’d like to point out his generosity- contributions,
donations and helping out friends. He would never speak about this
openly, but I am aware of his many good deeds.
We shall all miss him tremendously.
Yasha Sutton
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